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This law was first created in 1996. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 346<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2007, chapter 807<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":368929,"section_number":"54.1-3912","catch_line":"Fees","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-3912\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1471303,"object_type":"law","relational_id":368930,"identifier":"54.1-3913.1","token":"54.1\/IV\/39\/2\/54.1-3913.1","url":"\/54.1-3913.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-3913.1\/","token":"54.1\/IV\/39\/2\/54.1-3913.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Clients’ Protection Fund","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-3913.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Clients’ Protection Fund is continued as a special fund of the Virginia State Bar. The Fund shall consist of moneys transferred to it from the State Bar Fund and the Virginia State Bar’s Administration and Finance Account. Disbursements to the Clients’ Protection Fund from the State Bar Fund shall be made only upon approval of the disbursements through the annual budgetary process of the Virginia State Bar. Notwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7 54.1-3912<\/a>, the Supreme Court<\/span> may adopt rules assessing members of the Virginia State Bar an annual fee of up to $25 to be deposited in the State Bar Fund and transferred to the Clients’ Protection Fund.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCLIENTS’ PROTECTION FUND (\u00a7 54.1-3913.1)\n\nThe Clients’ Protection Fund is continued as a special fund of the\nVirginia State Bar. The Fund shall consist of moneys transferred to it from the\nState Bar Fund and the Virginia State Bar’s Administration and Finance\nAccount. Disbursements to the Clients’ Protection Fund from the State Bar\nFund shall be made only upon approval of the disbursements through the annual\nbudgetary process of the Virginia State Bar. Notwithstanding the provisions of\n\u00a7 54.1-3912, the Supreme Court may adopt rules assessing members of the\nVirginia State Bar an annual fee of up to $25 to be deposited in the State Bar\nFund and transferred to the Clients’ Protection Fund.\n\nHISTORY: 1996, c. 346; 2007, c. 807.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}